| A | B |
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| FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR | conflict between British and French 1754-1763, put British in debt |
| Albany Plan of Union | plan by Ben Franklin to unite colonies against the French suring French and Indian War |
| mercantilism | economic theory, nation becomes strong by increasing gold supply and trade |
| boycott | to refuse to buy certain goods or services |
| Navigation Acts | law that governed trade between England and her colonies |
| Sons of Liberty | protest group; protested the Stamp Act and other actions of Parliament |
| Quartering Act | required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers |
| First Continental Congress | Sept 1774; delegates decide to preapre for possible war |
| Declaration of Independence | document that stated the colonies had become free and independent nattion |
| Boston Massacre | March 1770; shooting of 5 colonists |
| Boston Tea Party | protest in which colonists dressed as Mohawks dumped tea into the harbor |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine; urged colonists to separate from Britain |
| Stamp Act | 1765; tax passed by Parliament on legal documents |
| Intolerable Acts | harsh laws passed by Parliament to punish Boston for the Tea Party |
| American Revolution | war fought to gain independence from Great Britain |
| Continental Army | American army created by 2nd Continental Congress to fight the British |
| Patriots | colonists who fought for independence at all costs |
| Loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain during the revolution |
| neutral | not taking sides |
| repeal | to cancel |
| Tea Act | helped the British East India Company; it was NOT a new tax on tea |
| Proclamation of 1763 | drew line along Appalachian Mts preventing settlers to move west |
| Treaty of Paris 1763 | ended French and Indian War; Britain gains land to Mississippi River |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | ended the American Revolution |
